Hedwig and the Angry Inch Quotes

“It is clear that I must find my other half. But is it a he or a she? What does this person look like? Identical to me? Or somehow complementary? Does my other half have what I don't? Did he get the looks? The luck? The love? Were we really separated forceably or did he just run off with the good stuff? Or did I? Will this person embarrass me? What about sex? Is that how we put ourselves back together again? Or can two people actually become one again?”
― John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch

“I put on some make-up, turn on the 8-track, and I'm pulling the wig down from the shelf - suddenly I'm Miss Punk Rock Star of Stage and Screen and I ain't ever turning back!”
― John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch

“Tommy Gnosis: What is that?
Hedwig: It's what I've got to work with.”
― John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch

“My sex change operation got botched; my guardian angel fell asleep on the watch; now all I got is a Barbie doll crotch; I've got an angry inch!”
― John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch

“I said to him, "Krystal, to walk away you gotta leave something behind. I'll marry you on the condition that a wig never touch your head again." He agreed and we've been inseparable ever since. And we'll continue to be. Right, Yitzhak?”
― John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch

“Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your personal savior?"
"No, but I admire his work”
― John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch

“And when you've got no other choice, you know you can follow my voice through the dark turns and noise of this wicked little town.”
― John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch

“How's my hair? Is there trouble in the west wing? (Refers to large curls.) These are actually my lungs. My Aquanet lungs. They kick in on the high notes.”
― John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch